Past events

The Past, Present and Future of Tech City

Ben Hammersley, the British internet technologist, journalist, author and broadcaster gave the eighty-first Mile End Group discussing the growth of ‘Tech City’

The Future of the City of London

Stephen Hammond MP gave the eightieth Mile End Group discussing the future for the City of London

Being Shadow Chancellor

At the seventy-ninth Mile End Group Ed Balls discussed the role of Shadow Chancellor

The History of North Sea Oil and Gas

Professor Alex Kemp discussed ‘The History of North Sea Oil and Gas’ at the seventy-eighth meeting of the Mile End Group

The theory and practice of taking the Cabinet Minutes

Sir Gus O’Donnell & Lord Armstrong of Ilminster gave the seventy-seventh Mile End Group on the subject of ‘The theory and practice of taking the Cabinet Minutes’

Inaugural John Ramsden Memorial Lecture, ‘Liberal Conservatism’

David Willetts MP have the seventy-sixth Mile End Group on the subject ‘Liberal Conservatism’

Unveiling the Attlee Statue

Former Prime Minister Clement Attlee, was honoured with a statue unveiling at Queen Mary, University of London on April 4, 2011. Lord Mandelson was invited to unveil the repaired statue of Clement Attlee to commemorate Attlee’s achievements

The future of the House of Commons

The Chair of the Public Administration Select Committee Tony Wright gave the seventy-fourth Mile End Group on the subject, ‘The future of the House of Commons’

1911 Parliament Act and the House of Lords

The seventy-third Mile End Group event was given by The Lord Speaker, Rt Hon Baroness Hayman, on the House of Lords one hundred years on from the 1911 Parliament Act.